#E4E9B2#E4E9B2

#E4E9B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.072 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E9B2
RGB	rgb(228, 233, 178)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(65, 24%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 23.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -10.49, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 28.27, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0269 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.072 112)
XYZ	xyz(69.1693, 77.9868, 53.5199)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E9B2 #B7B2E9

analogous

#E9D2B2 #E4E9B2 #C8E9B2

triadic

#E4E9B2 #B2E4E9 #E9B2E4

tetradic

#E4E9B2 #B2E9D2 #B7B2E9 #E9B2C8

square

#E4E9B2 #B2E9D2 #B7B2E9 #E9B2C8

split-complementary

#E4E9B2 #B2C8E9 #D2B2E9

monochromatic

#C3CE53 #D3DB82 #E4E9B2 #F5F7E2 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E4E9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#E4E9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E9B2

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E9B2	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBE2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 233, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.072 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edf0c9',
    500: '#e4e9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e9b2;
$custom-light: #edf0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91673,
    "c": 0.07174,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.77986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E9B2

secondary

#817AC5

accent

#22C331

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#161613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E9B2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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